Hallenbecks in Schoharie County

Schoharie county was home to several Hallenbecks. Here you will find Hallenbecks as listed in local directories in the late 1800s, as well as some general information on Schoharie County

Hallenbecks listed in Schoharie County1, 2

Surname

Given Name

Town

Occupation

Acres

Hallenbeck1

Arthur

printer

Hallenbeck1

Calvin

farmer

130

Hallenbeck2

Charles

Cobbleskill

farmer

100

Hallenbeck1

Chas

Cobbleskill

carriage maker

Hallenbeck2

C.M. Mrs.

Carlisle

resident

Hallenbeck1

Calvin

farmer

130

Hallenbeck1

David H.

Seward

farmer

142

Hallenbeck1

E

Breakabeen

farmer

Hallenbeck1

E

Cobleskill

farmer

Hallenbeck1

Geo

peddler

Hallenbeck2

Gilbert

Carlisle

farmer

Hallenbeck1

Harrison

huckster

Hallenbeck2

Harrison

Middleburgh

Speculator

Hallenbeck1

Henry

Blenheim

farmer

230

Hallenbeck1

Mrs. H

milliner

2

Hallenbeck2

Jacob

Potters Hollow in Albany

farmer

150

Hallenbeck1

James

mason

Hallenbeck1

Mrs. Julia

lady

Hallenbeck1

Menzo W.

teacher

2

Hallenbeck2

Nicholas

Schoharie

farmer

160

Hallenbeck1

Nicholas

Schoharie

farmer

132

Hallenbeck1

Ray

laundryman

Hallenbeck2

Samuel

Middleburgh

carpenter/mason/builder

Hallenbeck2

Samuel

Middleburgh

carpenter and farmer

6

Hallenbeck1

Mrs. Samuel

Schoharie

Hallenbeck1

Stephen

Broome Center

farmer

120

Hallenbeck1

T

Breakabeen

clergyman

Hallenbeck1

Truman

Bates

farmer

100

Hallenbeck1

Warren P

farmer

100

Hallenbeck1

Wesley

Cobleskill

barber

Hallenbeck2

Wm.

Central Bridge

hotel proprietor, general merchant, and farmer

100

Hallenbeck1

Wm

Central Bridge

87

Schoharie, NY: The original Indian name was To-wos-scho'her; and it has been written Shoary, Skohary, Schughhorre. Schoharie is said to mean "drift wood." Just above Middleburgh Bridge the Line Kil and Little Schoharie flow into Schoharie Creek from opposite sides; and here drift wood is said to have accumulated in large quantities, forming a natural bridge.3

Before the colonists arrived, the Schoharie tribe, comprised of Indians who united from the Mohawks, Mohicans Delawares, Tuscaroras, and Oneidas, lived along Schoharie Creek. Their principal chief was Ka-righ-on-don-tee, who had been a prisoner of the French in Canada and had married a Mohawk woman. A band of 200 Indians remained in the valley, at peace with the settlers, until the Revolution began when the British made them attractive offers, inducing them to take up arms against the settlers.

The first white settlement was made by a colony of German Palatinates, in 1711. These people had previously settled at East and West Camp, on the Hudson. Their number is estimated at 600 to 700. They settled in 7 clusters, or villages, each with a leader for which the village was frequently named.4References

Directory and Reference Book of Schoharie County for 1899, (Mallery and Danforth, Middleburgh, NY, Pierre W. Danforth, printer). This 1899 directory lists several Hallenbecks, post offices/towns, their occupations, and if they owned farmland, how many acres.

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Schoharie County, NY for 1872-1873, includes general business listings as well as a classified section.

Brown's History of Schoharie

Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, J. H. French, 1860